The only way out, he insists, is "to learn the tools of innovation" and forge entirely new, knowledge-based industries in energy technology, biotechnology and other science-based sectors.It is natural to be sceptical of such dour arguments and calls for government action.
Some insist that the need to learn is likely to be at the core of our dilated childhood.
"We're not a pop band," insists Marcus Mumford, stubbornly refusing to learn from Pete Seeger's mistakes, "we couldn't have gone out on a conveyor belt".
The team of students insisted how they need to learn in hospital under the supervision of "good, efficient nurses and midwives," but also said they need to learn from research which they called the "best practice".
Leaving all the frustrating medical to-ing and fro-ing aside, Jones is not particularly dispirited, insisting his team have to learn to be adaptable if they want to be world champions in 2018.
She challenges the stereotype of Roma children who play truant, insisting: "These children want to learn".
Leicester Tigers fly-half George Ford insists he has plenty to learn despite his rapid rise to the first team.
And every month at the Jewish Community Center, Miles and an assorted group of skilled Reiki practitioners provide 30-mintue sessions to the public for only $20. From newborns to the dying, Miles insists Reiki is easy to learn and practice on oneself, and can even be shared with family, friends and, surprisingly, family pets during pain or stress.
Rabelaisian rabble-rousing is founded on the assumption that the humourless are not yet wise - these novels insist you learn to laugh.
To turn and retrace her steps occurs to her, but do we stop and put our nightmares in reverse?" Yet the novel's comedy beats back the darkness, as when Lucy's fellow sleuths insist she learn to use a cellphone.
